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wp_kses_post( string $data ): string

Sanitizes content for allowed HTML tags for post content.

Description

Post content refers to the page contents of the ‘post’ type and not $_POST data from forms.

This function expects unslashed data.

Parameters

$data string Required
Post content to filter.

Return

string Filtered post content with allowed HTML tags and attributes intact.

Source

File: wp-includes/kses.php. View all references

function wp_kses_post( $data ) {
	return wp_kses( $data, 'post' );
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp_kses() wp-includes/kses.php

Filters text content and strips out disallowed HTML.

Used By

Used By Description
WP_Site_Health::get_test_page_cache() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php

Tests if a full page cache is available.
WP_Widget_Block::update() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-block.php

Handles updating settings for the current Block widget instance.
WP_REST_Pattern_Directory_Controller::prepare_item_for_response() wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-pattern-directory-controller.php

Prepare a raw block pattern before it gets output in a REST API response.
WP_Widget_Custom_HTML::update() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-custom-html.php

Handles updating settings for the current Custom HTML widget instance.
do_settings_sections() wp-admin/includes/template.php

Prints out all settings sections added to a particular settings page.
wp_add_id3_tag_data() wp-admin/includes/media.php

Parses ID3v2, ID3v1, and getID3 comments to extract usable data.
WP_Widget_Text::update() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php

Handles updating settings for the current Text widget instance.
WP_SimplePie_Sanitize_KSES::sanitize() wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php

WordPress SimplePie sanitization using KSES.
WP_Customize_Widgets::sanitize_widget_instance() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php

Sanitizes a widget instance.

Changelog

Version Description
2.9.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_kses_post